Posts tagged with "Mark Chipman"

June 4th, 2015 In April of 1996, the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba lost the NHL team that meant the world to the people of this small Canadian city. As the Jets took flight to Phoenix and were rebranded the Coyotes, Winnipeg was left hockey-less, an enormous void in the community. Enter Mark Chipman, a man who was key in the effort to try and keep the...

January 6th, 2013by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor and general purpose grouch In the last 117 days, the big stories of the season happened at locations that are not normally associated with North American major league hockey. While NHL franchises scrambled to stay in the public eye with charitable activities and opportunities to skate where...

December 27th, 2011 While two games sit on the Winnipeg Jets' season schedule between now and the weekend, fans can't help but look past the two contests and concentrate on Saturday's tilt vs. the Toronto Maple Leafs. The contest, after all, is the first New Year's Eve game in the new era for the NHL Jets, a tradition that most players are...

March 18th, 2011A lot has happened since the let down of all let downs for Winnipeggers in 1996 when their beloved Jets were relocated to Phoenix, Arizona. Many plans failed to save the Jets at that time due to the economic strides the NHL was making and it wasn’t in the cards for a small market like Winnipeg to be able to keep their team viable. Many...

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